Cuff-fastener



(No Model.)

T. E. BARR OW.

CUFF FASTENER.

Patented ov. 8, 1887..

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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS E. BABROW, MANSFIELD, OHIO.

CUFF-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,887, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed April 1 1887. Serial No. 233,270. (No model.) 7

To all whom it ma concern.-

Be'it known that I, THOMAS E. BARRow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of cufffasteners which, by means of a series of communicating openings, are adapted to be engaged with and adjusted upon the ordinary stud or button of the wristband. It is the object of my present invention to provide a means for the attachment of the cuff to such a fastener at a point intermediate between the ends of the latter, preferably at about its mid- I am thus enabled to secure a more advantageous capability of adj ustment of the cufl' upon the wristband, the cuff being adapted by my device tobe attached to the wrist by its rear button-holes, with said button-holes either in front of or in rear of the stud of the wristband. y

In order to enable my invention to be mor clearly understood, 1 have shown in the accompanying drawings a means for carrying the same into effect.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cuff-fastener embodying my invencombination, with the two proximate springside pieces, F, so shaped as to form between them the series of openings G, of a means for attaching the cuff at or nearits rear end (preferably by its rear button-holes, 6,) tosaid side pieces at a point intermediate between their ends, so that one or more of said openings G* shall be at each side of said meansof connection.

In applying the spring side pieces to the stud or button of the wristband the shank of the latter is passed between the pieces, the latter yielding as the shank passes from one opening to the other, while the head of the stud or button rests upon the upper face of the spring side pieces.

While the means of attachment of the rear end of the cuff to these spring pieces may be varied to a considerable extent, it must, nevertheless, be of such character as not to interfere with this adj ustmcnt of the spring-pieces forward or backward upon the wristbandstud. One of the simplest devices for this purpose is a bar, f, secured to the springpieces F, rising above them to a sufficient height to leave room for the passage of the Wristbandstud between the spring-pieces and said bar, and carrying any suitable means for engaging and holding the end.

In Fig. 1 the bar runs longitudinally and substantially parallel with the side pieces, be-

ing attached thereto at its ends. This arrangement gives strength and stability to the whole fastener, while at the same time it allows of the free springaction of the side pieces. In said figure the meansf,carried by the bar for engagement with the end, consists of a button or stud adapted to be inserted through one or both of the rear button-holes, t.

In Fig. 3 the bar f is secured to the side pieces, F, at one end only, and extends for about one-half their length. r In this construction, however, there is a liability that the bar may be caught and bent out of its proper position. In this latter figure the means for connection with the cuff consists of ahook adapted to engage with the button-holes of the cuff.

In Fig. 4 the bar f runs from end. to end of the side pieces, and is attached thereto at both ends, as in Fig. I. In this latter figure, how ever, the means for the attachment of the-fastener to the cuff consists of abent portion of the bar f, so formed as to have the substantial.

scribed or illustrated, the description and illustration already given being sufficient for a clear understanding of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- IO with and carried by said portion and having,

intermediate between the ends of said portion, means, substantially as described, as the part f, for engagement with the cuff, as set forth.

2. In a oulf-fastener, the combination, with 15 the main portion having a series of spring-operating openings or eyes, of a bar, f, parallel with and above said portion and secured thereto at each end, said bar being provided with means, substantially as described, as the part f, for engagement with the cuff, as set forth.

3. In a cuff-fastener, the combination, with the main portion provided with a series of spring-operating openings or eyes, of a bar, f, extending parallel with and at a distance above said portion and secured thereto at each end, said bar being bent in the middle to form a hook for the engagement with the cuff, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. BARROW. Witnesses:

EZRA GEISSINGER, H. E. BELL. 

